README.md

LazyMultiReader

LazyMultiReader is an alternative package for io.MultiReader, where the composing reader streams are only opened when they are read from. It can be used when the underlying readers are prone to timeouts, especially for socket/network connections.

Installation

go get -u github.com/shivanthzen/lazymultireader

Usage

package main

import (
	"io"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strings"
        "github.com/shivanthzen/lazymultireader"
)



type stringReadOpener struct {
	strings.Reader
}

func (b *stringReadOpener) Open() error {
	// nop

	return nil
}

func NewStringReadOpener(s string) *stringReadOpener {
	return &stringReadOpener{
		*strings.NewReader(s),
	}
}

func main() {
	r1 := NewStringReadOpener("first reader ")
	r2 := NewStringReadOpener("second reader ")
	r3 := NewStringReadOpener("third reader\n")
	r := lazymultireader.NewLazyMultiReader(r1, r2, r3)

	if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, r); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

}